Chapter 255 - Not ordinary (2) (1/2)

Chapter 255 Weirdo (3)

“Meal, you say…”

Jaina thought over the word du food, and started eating it? It’s been a while she’s felt this ashaain, then put it down

Instead, she reached out with her fingers She looked away nervously when she realized Paul was looking at her

“It’s a sandwich You don’t eat sandwiches with forks,” she responded

“So, you like it?”

“Well, I know for sure it’s tasty But a lot of things are tasty Like burgers If you’re tellingmore to it… I don’t really know I can’t tell”

“Do you remember what the server said before? This is a dish made by Minjoon”

“Is that important? Chef Rachel’s screened all the dishes already Even if Minjoon ca to chef Rachel’s standards”

She kneell that there were tasters who thought chef Rachel should make all of the restaurant’s dishes Jaina didn’t care h She didn’t think the head chef had to be the one who did everything To begin with, the people ere arguing over such things… it would be better to say things like ‘why isn’t chef Rachel cooking with a knife in her hand during work hours?’

This time, Jaina picked up the soft part of the sandwich The one uette and the cassoulet Her eyes becaue chased after the flavors of the sandwich

‘So this is… what he wanted’

She had to ad of the ‘best restaurant in Ah, but the second one was even better It wasn’t objectivelyBut there was a difference in texture compared to the first piece Thatthe sa as Jaina This was a ‘fresh’ dish to him He’s never had a dish decomposed by textures before like this

‘Is this just obvious from Rachel Rose’s disciple, or is the chef just incredibly talented?’

Paul had to think about that for a ly si out a beautiful diamond out of a rock Such a beautiful diainal shape or the jeweler who dug it out Jaina turned to speak to him exhaustedly

“Was Rose Island… Always like this?”

“Don’t know I don’t really understand your question”

“Is it this tiring? Most other restaurants that I went to ot’, but… This is different It’s like the restaurant’s telling in to understand our dish’ This isn’t a good place to eat This is… a testing ground To test how good we are as tasters”

“That’s a fair assessment Rose Island is often out of reach from most people”

“…How can a restaurant like this even exist?”

Jaina looked at the plate with an annoyed look She’s always felt that Aed behind European ones European restaurants always cared about tradition, and at its top was Michelin Jaina was almost like a stereotypical taster from Michelin Stuck-up in her ways, that is

To her, American restaurants were ones that threay tradition to the dogs Rose Island was different, though They alking a very thin tightrope in the sky Between modernism and tradition Normally, restaurants like this only produced h Theylike this Food that just shook her worldview entirely

“Rose Island wasn’t accepted this widely in the beginning,” Paul began

“Then?”

“They got a lot of bad reviews at first They didn’t follow tradition, after all They were even called the shaive up In the end, they were accepted by the co bad reviews?”

“Funny, isn’t it? They made similar dishes compared to the ones here today back then But now they’re called the best restaurant in Austed as he spoke He looked down at his plate as he continued

“Whenever I feel like I’ant, I think of this Tradition isn’t always the answer Every taster who called Rose Island a shaot shamed themselves a few years later They were insulted for their palates, even”

“…I mean, that does happen Reviews for restaurants flip pretty frequently”

“To review a chef’s dish… means to review that chef’s entire life We can invalidate someone’s life with just a few sentences We can even… drive them to death”

Paul looked incredibly heavy as he said this Jaina thought of the man’s old story He took off a star from a restaurant, and called the restaurant uninnovative and boring A few days later, the head chef of the restaurant killed himself in the kitchen

“I don’t think that was your fault,” Jaina said

“Thank you You’re kind But… you should know, that the person who I really need to hear it froer in this world You should be careful as well What you’re reviewing is food, but in reality it’s the chef’s entire life I’ you shouldn’t be strict Just… you need to think more carefully for every review you make”

“I understand”

“I’lum, didn’t I? I’etically before atte to continue the conversation